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nobel prize in economics news

How companies can nudge communities towards a circular economy

Plastic waste
Published on Jun 05, 2026 07:59 pm IST

Easing the journey from the lab bench to market

India ranks third globally in scientific publications and fourth in PhDs awarded. We excel at the early stages of discovery — what experts call technology readiness levels (TRL) 1-3. Our labs are proficient at producing papers. But an industrial economy runs on products, not papers. (HT Archive)
Published on Mar 25, 2026 08:57 pm IST

Economics Nobel 2025: Why some nations achieve prosperity

Growth flourishes where curiosity meets opportunity — in small towns, local enterprises and state universities. (Bloomberg)
Updated on Oct 16, 2025 08:32 pm IST

A prize for explaining the link between innovation and growth

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The Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt. (REUTERS)
Published on Oct 14, 2025 07:25 am IST

'Creative destruction': What's behind economics Nobel to Mokyr, Aghion, Howitt

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 being announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, October 13.
Updated on Oct 13, 2025 04:45 pm IST

Nobel winners Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo to leave US for Zurich

Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Updated on Oct 12, 2025 06:09 pm IST

Nobel Prize 2025 announcements begin Oct 6 | Full Schedule and timings

To get selected for the Nobel Prize, an individual has to first be nominated for a prize by an eligible nominator.
Published on Oct 05, 2025 11:26 am IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Chinese netizens wonder if their economy is in “garbage time”

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A screen displays stock figures in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. When Donald Trump first started a trade war with China in 2018, Beijing found itself on the back foot and unsure of how to respond. This time President Xi Jinping is better prepared for a fight, even as he has more to lose. Photographer: Na Bian/Bloomberg
Published on Nov 14, 2024 08:00 am IST

10 life-changing quotes Daniel Kahneman gave the world

FILE - President Barack Obama awards psychologist Daniel Kahneman with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision-making, died Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at the age of 90. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Published on Mar 29, 2024 12:35 am IST

Goldin’s Nobel Prize breaks a glass ceiling

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Economic historian Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor who won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for her work examining wage inequality between men and women, speaks at a news conference at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha (REUTERS)
Published on Oct 10, 2023 10:00 pm IST

Nobel Economics Prize: Here's a full list of winners

The Nobel Prize is awarded in memory of Alfred Nobel.
Published on Oct 09, 2023 04:01 pm IST

Nobel Economics Prize 2023 awarded to Claudia Goldin

Claudia Goldin has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023.
Published on Oct 09, 2023 07:09 pm IST

Nobel awards becoming more diverse, says Royal Academy

The 2022 season did not offer much geographic spread among laureates with all winner from either US or Europe.
Published on Oct 10, 2022 11:10 pm IST

Nobel economics prize 2022: List of winners in past 2 decades

Nobel Economics Prize 2022: A bust of Alfred Nobel on display at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
Published on Oct 10, 2022 03:27 pm IST

Economics Nobel awarded to 3 for research on banks, financial crisis

Nobel Prize For Economics 2022: A gold Nobel Prize medal is seen.
Updated on Oct 10, 2022 03:32 pm IST

David Card was about to sleep when he heard the news of winning Nobel Prize

David Card is one of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics, with Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens being the other two. (Twitter/The Nobel Prize)
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 09:21 pm IST

Hitler was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize: 10 facts about the coveted awards

The Nobel Prize ceremonies will be reined in for a second year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Published on Oct 01, 2021 07:01 pm IST

Before Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, Americans have dominated Nobel Prize in economics

A file photo shows a gold Nobel Prize medal. Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”
Updated on Oct 12, 2020 04:45 pm IST

Dressed in dhoti and sari, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo receive Economics Nobel

Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee shakes hands with Sweden's King Carl Gustaf as he receives the Economic Nobel at a ceremony in Stockholm, on December 10.
Updated on Aug 06, 2020 08:51 pm IST

Thank you PM, says Abhijit Banerjee; calls meeting Modi ‘unique experience’

This year’s Nobel Prize winner for economics, Abhijit Banerjee, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on October 22, 2019.
Updated on Jul 13, 2020 09:03 pm IST

‘Social benefit not same as private gain’, says Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee in New Delhi on Saturday.
Updated on Jul 13, 2020 01:42 am IST

The inside account of Abhijit Banerjee’s Nyay connection

Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, two of the three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, October 14, 2019
Updated on Oct 16, 2019 06:09 pm IST

Making sense of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said this year’s winners of Nobel Prize in Economics had introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty.
Updated on Oct 15, 2019 10:49 am IST

Nobel economics prize winner thought message was scam at first

Michael Kremer was worried the Skype message was a scam.
Updated on Jul 11, 2020 12:50 am IST

Rahul, Kejriwal congratulate Banerjee, laud work which helped lakhs of Delhi kids

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer bagged the award for “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.
Updated on Oct 14, 2019 07:23 pm IST

Mamata Banerjee congratulates Abhijit Banerjee for winning Nobel prize in economics

Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee wins the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics.
Updated on Oct 14, 2019 05:52 pm IST

Why Nobel laureate Nordhaus’s work on climate change is crucial

A protest ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg, July 2017
Updated on Oct 09, 2018 05:54 pm IST